별

Korean

Etymology 1

벼벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗
베 ←	→ 볘

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 별 • (byeol)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅂ, ㅕ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446. as Middle Korean 별 (pyēl), from Old Korean 星利 (*bjә-ri). Compare dialectal forms 비얼 (bieol), 밸 (bael), 베리 (beri), 빌 (bil), etc.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjɘ(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [별(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeol
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏl
Yale Romanization?	pyēl

Noun

별 • (byeol)

1. star

   하늘에 별따기

   haneur-e byeolttagi

   (figurative, literally meaning "picking a star in the sky") impossibility

   우리는 늦게까지 깨어 있다가 별들을 올려다 보았다.

   urineun neutgekkaji kkaeeo itdaga byeoldeureul ollyeoda boatda.

   We stayed up late to look up at the stars.

   별은 눈에는 쉽게 보이지만 실제로 만지기란 불가능에 가깝다.

   byeoreun nuneneun swipge boijiman siljero manjigiran bulganeung'e gakkapda.

   Star is easily visible, but it's almost impossible to actually touch a star .

Synonyms

• 성 (星, seong)
• 목성 (mokseong, “Jupiter”)
• 금성 (geumseong, “Venus”)
• 수성 (suseong, “Mercury”)
• 토성 (toseong, “Saturn”)
• 천왕성 (cheonwangseong, “Uranus”)
• 해왕성 (haewangseong, “Neptune”)
• 화성 (hwaseong, “Mars”)

Derived terms

• 별나라 (byeollara, “stellar world”)
• 별따기 (byeolttagi, “impossibility”)
• 별똥 (byeolttong, “meteorite”)
• 별무늬 (byeolmunui, “starry pattern or design”)
• 별박이 (byeolbagi, “horse with a white spot on the head”)
• 별빛 (byeolbit, “starlight”)
• 별자리 (byeoljari, “constellation”)
• 별표 (byeolpyo, “asterisk”)
• 떠돌이별 (tteodoribyeol, “planet”)
• 별똥별 (byeolttongbyeol, “shooting star, meteor”)
• 붙박이별 (butbagibyeol, “fixed star”)
• 샛별 (saetbyeol, “morning star, Phosphorus”)

Related terms

• 반짝이다 (banjjagida, “to twinkle”)
• 불 (bul, “ fire”)
• 빛 (bit, “ light”)

See also

• 하늘 (haneul, “sky, heaven”)
• 땅 (ttang, “earth”)
• 해 (hae, “sun”)
• 달 (dal, “moon”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 丿

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjɘ(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [별(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeol
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏl
Yale Romanization?	pyēl

Noun

별 • (byeol)

1. one of the Chinese radicals meaning slash or bend. This radical can be spotted in Chinese characters, such as in 气, 乃, 之 and 必.